BPS-500 missile boat vs Chinese destroyer Shenzhen

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AWarships

BPS-500 missile boat

Guided-missile corvette

Chinese destroyer Shenzhen — licensed reference photograph

BWarships

Chinese destroyer Shenzhen

Credit

Max Smith · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

BPS-500 missile boatLength

62 m

Length source ↗

Chinese destroyer ShenzhenLength

154 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

BPS-500 missile boatlarger figure on 1 of 4

Speed+9%

Chinese destroyer Shenzhenlarger figure on 3 of 4

Length+148%
Beam+45%
Draught+140%

Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.

Measured figures

Head to head

14 of 40 rows sourced on both sides

62m

154m

Length+148%

All recorded figures & sources

62 m

Length

Single source

62 metres (203.4 ft )^[source]

154 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

BPS-500 missile boat and Chinese destroyer Shenzhen configuration
Specification	BPS-500 missile boat	Chinese destroyer Shenzhen
Power	2 × MTU diesel engine for 19,600 bhp (14,600 kW); 2 x Kamewa pump-jets^[source]	Combined diesel or gas 2 × Ukrainian gas turbines (35.7 MW) 2 × MTU 1163 TB 83 diesel engines (6.5 MW)^[source]
Name	BPS-500 class^[source]	Shenzhen^[source]
Operators	Vietnam People's Navy^[source]	People's Liberation Army Navy^[source]
Built	1998–2001, 2025–present^[source]

In commission	2001–present^[source]	1999-present^[source]

Planned	4^[source]	—

On order	3^[source]	—

Building	3^[source]	—

Completed	1^[source]	1^[source]

Active	1^[source]	1^[source]

Laid up	2^[source]	—

Retired	0^[source]	—

Type	Guided-missile corvette^[source]	—

Tonnage	850 tons (full load)^[source]	—

Sensors & processing systems	MR-352 ("Cross Dome") search radar MR-123 ("Bass Tilt") fire control radar^[source]	Already installed before modernization Chinese made "Top Plate" style radar (moved from the aft to the forward mast during modernization) Combat management system: ZKJ-7 Air search radar: Type 381A Air/surface search radar: Type 360 Fire control radar : Type 344, Type 345, Type 347G, Type 360 Navigation radar: Racal/Decca 1290 Active sonar : DUBV-23 hull-mounted Optronic directors: GDG 776 Satellite communications Installed during modernization Towed array sonar^[source]

Armament	1 x AK-176 76 mm gun 1 x AK-630 30 mm CIWS 2 x 12.7 mm machine guns Anti-ship missiles 8 x Kh-35 Uran anti-ship missiles ( Ship 381 ) 8 x VCM-01 anti-ship missiles (from A2 onward) 1 x 9K38 Igla MANPADS^[source]	Post-2016 modernization: 2 x 100 mm H/PJ-33B naval guns (1 twin mount) 16 x YJ-12 anti-ship missiles 32-cell vertical launching system HHQ-16 surface-to-air missiles 2 x Type 1130 CIWS 6 x 324 mm. torpedo tubes (2 triple mounts) Weapens replaced during modernization: 16 x YJ-83 anti-ship missiles HQ-7 surface-to-air missiles (octuple launcher) 8 × 37mm AA guns (4 twin mounts)^[source]

National origin	Russia^[source]	—

Alternative designation	BPS-500^[source]	—

Builders	—	Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company^[source]

Preceded by	—	Type 051 (based on hull family) Type 052 (based on commissioning date)^[source]

Succeeded by	—	Type 051C (based on hull family) Type 956E / 956EM (based on commissioning date)^[source]

Namesake	—	Shenzhen^[source]

Laid down	—	July 1996^[source]

Launched	—	16 October 1997^[source]

Commissioned	—	December 1998^[source]

Home port	—	Zhanjiang^[source]

Identification	—	Pennant number : 167^[source]

Status	—	Active^[source]

Class & type	—	Type 051B destroyer^[source]

Electronic warfare & decoys	—	Already installed before modernization Type 826 electronic support measure Type 984 jammer Type 985 jammer 2 x Type 946 chaff launchers 2 x Type 947 chaff launchers Installed during modernization Torpedo decoy^[source]